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US grave joke turn viral on Facebook

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What started out as joke between two American women clowning around in a photo posted on Facebook, quickly turned into a viral volcano.

Lindsey Stone, 30, posted a photo taken by her co-worker Jamie

Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple

A Singaporean taxi driver has been heralded as a hero after he returned Sg$1.1 million ($900,000) in cash to a vacationing Thai couple who left the money in his cab.

Sia Ka Tian, 70, was shocked to f

Record-breaking twins born from eggs frozen 12 years ago

Miracle twins! An Argentinian woman has given birth to a record-breaking set of twins from eggs frozen 12 years ago, providing hope to cancer survivors wanting to become parents.

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Scientists decode why Einstein was a genius

Physicist Albert Einstein's brain had an "extraordinary" prefrontal cortex - unlike those of most people - which may have contributed to his remarkable genius, a new study has claimed.
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Poodle dresses as Lady Gaga

A poodle dog has posed in shades, a bow wig and even a faux meat dress a la Lady Gaga, for a special calendar.

Seven-year-old Max got dolled up for a calendar in a series of outfits which looked like

A smuggler who swallowed 220 diamonds

Police in South Africa say they have arrested a 25-year-old man who swallowed 220 polished diamonds in an attempt to smuggle them out of the country.

Captain Paul Ramaloko of the South African Police

Oxford chooses 'omnishambles' as word of the year

'Omnishambles' has been chosen as word of the year by the Oxford English Dictionary after it was coined by a BBC TV's satirical political series to describe a badly mismanaged situation and gaffes.

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Kuwait marks constitution with Guinness record

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Kuwait on Saturday marked the golden jubilee of its constitution with a spectacular $14-million fireworks display which earned the wealthy Gulf state a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.

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Planet Earth goes up for sale on website

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A man put planet Earth up for sale on a Japanese internet auction site last week. The seller listed the Earth as ‘used’ and warned that there was a ‘no-return’ policy. Buy it and you're stuck with it.

Catch monkeys in Chittorgarh, win Rs 20,000

Authorities at Rajasthan's Chittorgarh railway station on Tuesday declared a cash reward of Rs.20,000 for anyone who can outsmart about 15 monkeys who have made the railway station their home.

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.